All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams.

This article is about the Inter-County Junior Football Championship. For other uses, see All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (disambiguation).

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sóisear Peile na hÉireann
Founded1912
RegionIreland (GAA)
No. of teams4
Title holders Kilkenny (1st title)
First winner Tipperary
Most titles Kerry (20 titles)

Prior to a change in competition structure in 2021, the competition was previously for all Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. In this previous format, the definition of what constituted a Junior player differed from county to county. In some, the junior team was the second team after the senior team. This meant that any players who had not played with the senior team could play with the junior team. In others, such as Cork and Kerry, players could only be chosen from clubs that played in junior or intermediate grades. These counties could not choose players from senior clubs, even if they were not on the senior county team. When a team won this championship, it had to pick a new team for the following year. No player could thus be on a winning team for two successive years. Ulster did not participate in the Junior Championship for a period, Cavan the 2014 champions represented Leinster in the absence of an Ulster competition.[1][2]

Kerry are the most successful county in the competition's history, having lifted the title on twenty occasions. Kerry are current winners winning five in a row All Irelands. The 2008 championship was won by Dublin for the first time since 1960.[3] Sligo defeated Kerry in 2010 to win their first title since 1935.[4]

For the bulk of this competition's history up to 2021, the winners of the provincial Junior Football Championships met to decide who was the "Home" winner. This team then met the champion county in Great Britain to determine the All-Ireland Junior Football champion.

At GAA Congress in 2021, a motion was passed to change the entire structure of the All Ireland Junior Football Championship competition to that of a mostly 'overseas competition' along with just one Irish county, Kilkenny. The Junior Football Championship competition therefore now involves just four teams: New York, Kilkenny, and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Championship, all meeting in the All Ireland Junior Championship semi-finals.[5]

The current holders are Kilkenny, defeating New York by 3-12 to 1-09 in the 2022 final.

Teams
Team Province Method of Qualification
Kilkenny Leinster Automatic
New York North America Automatic
TBD Britain All-Britain Junior Football Championship (champions)
TBD Britain All-Britain Junior Football Championship (runners-up)

Roll of Honour

Wins by County
Team Wins Runners-Up Years won Years Runners-Up
1 Kerry 20 5 1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 1997, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014
2 Cork 17 3 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1972, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 1966, 1986, 1992
3 London 6 24 1938, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1986 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 59, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 73, 88, 91, 95
Dublin 6 3 1914, 1916, 1939, 1948, 1960, 2008 1926, 1930, 1971
5 Mayo 5 7 1933, 1950, 1957, 1995, 1997 1914, 1925, 1936, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2016
Meath 5 4 1947, 1952, 1962, 1988, 2003 1996, 1999, 2005, 2017
7 Galway 4 4 1931, 1958, 1965, 1985 1994, 2003, 2018, 2019
Louth 4 2 1925, 1932, 1934, 1961 1912, 1928
9 Tipperary 3 0 1912, 1923, 1998 -
10 Roscommon 2 3 1940, 2000 2006, 2008, 2009
Wicklow 2 1 1936, 2002 1969
Cavan 2 1 1927, 2014 1941
Waterford 2 0 1999, 2004 -
Sligo 2 0 1935, 2010 -
15 Westmeath 1 2 1929 1915, 1940
Longford 1 1 1937 1924
Laois 1 1 1973 1993
Wexford 1 1 1992 2007
Armagh 1 0 1926 -
Tyrone 1 0 1968 -
Monaghan 1 0 1956 -
Fermanagh 1 0 1959 -
Down 1 0 1946 -
Kilkenny 1 0 2022 -
25 Warwickshire 0 9 - 1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990
Lancashire 0 4 - 1949, 1953, 1958, 1963
Kildare 0 4 - 1927, 1970, 2011, 2013
Carlow 0 2 - 1913, 1923
Hertfordshire 0 2 - 1965, 1972
Yorkshire 0 2 - 1961, 1983
Leitrim 0 2 - 1938, 2004
Limerick 0 1 - 1916
Offaly 0 1 - 1998
New York 0 1 - 2022

Wins by Province
# Province Wins Runners-Up Total Most Recent Win
1 Munster 42 9 51 2019
2 Leinster 22 22 44 2022
3 Connacht 13 16 29 2010
4 Ulster 7 1 8 2014
5 Britain 6 41 47 1986
6 North America 0 1 1 -

List of Finals
Year Winner Score Opponent Score
2022 Kilkenny 3-12 New York 1-09
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Kerry 3–14 Galway 0–13
2018[6] Kerry 2–13 Galway 2–11
2017[7] Kerry 2–19 Meath 1–14
2016[8] Kerry 2–18 Mayo 2–11
2015[9] Kerry 2–18 Mayo 0–10
2014[10] Cavan 2–14 Kerry 0–14
2013[11] Cork 0–13 Kildare 1–07
2012[12] Kerry 0–19 Mayo 1–07
2011 Cork 1–12 Kildare 0–13
2010 Sligo 2–10 Kerry 1–07
2009 Cork 0–15 Roscommon 0–12
2008 Dublin 0–13 Roscommon 0–07
2007 Cork 1–14 Wexford 3–02
2006 Kerry 1–09 Roscommon 0–10
2005 Cork 0–10 Meath 1–04
2004 Waterford 1–10, 2–12 (R) Leitrim 1–10, 2–09 (R)
2003[13] Meath 0–16 Galway 2–07
2002 Wicklow 4–09 Kerry 2–12
2001 Cork 1–15 Mayo 3–07
2000 Roscommon 0–14 Kerry 0–11
1999 Waterford 2–12 Meath 2–11
1998 Tipperary 2–09 Offaly 0–06
1997 Mayo 2–08 Kerry 1–10
1996 Cork 4–11 Meath 0–10
1995 Mayo 3–09 London 0–10
1994 Kerry 0–15 Galway 0–04
1993 Cork 0–11 Laois 2–03
1992 Wexford 1–09 Cork 0–11
1991 Kerry 2–14 London 0–05
1990 Cork 3–16 Warwickshire 0–08
1989 Cork 0–18 Warwickshire 0–03
1988 Meath 1–10 London 0–03
1987 Cork 0–14 Warwickshire 0–03
1986 London 1–09 Cork 0–07
1985 Galway 4–17 Warwickshire 0–04
1984 Cork 3–10 Warwickshire 0–07
1983 Kerry 0–15 Yorkshire 0–02
1974–82 No Championship
1973 Laois 0–12 London 1–08
1972 Cork 5–16 Hertfordshire 0–03
1971 London 1–09 Dublin 0–09
1970 London 1–12 Kildare 0–11
1969 London 3–09 Wicklow 1–12
1968 Tyrone 3–08 London 0–07
1967 Kerry 0–09 London 0–04
1966 London 1–06 Cork 0–08
1965 Galway 1–08 Hertfordshire 0–04
1964 Cork 1–08 London 2–04
1963 Kerry 3–05 Lancashire 2–05
1962 Meath 1–13 London 3–05
1961 Louth 1–13 Yorkshire 1–10
1960 Dublin 2–05 London 0–05
1959 Fermanagh 1–11 London 2–04
1958 Galway 4–05 Lancashire 3–01
1957 Mayo 2–07 Warwickshire 2–05
1956 Monaghan 3–07 London 2–06
1955 Cork 3–09 Warwickshire 1–05
1954 Kerry 1–07 London 1–05
1953 Cork 1–11 Lancashire 1–04
1952 Meath 3–09 London 0–04
1951 Cork 5–11 Warwickshire 1–03
1950 Mayo 2-04 London 0-03
1949 Kerry 2–14 Lancashire 0–06
1948 Dublin 2–11 London 1–05
1947 Meath 2–11 London 2–06
1946 Down 2–10 Warwickshire 1–09
1945 No Championship
1944 No Championship
1943 No Championship
1942 No Championship
1941 Kerry 0–09 Cavan 0–04
1940 Roscommon 2–09 Westmeath 0–05
1939 Dublin 2–14 London 0–04
1938 London 5–07 Leitrim 2–09
1937 Longford 0–09 London 0–07
1936 Wicklow 3–03 Mayo 2–05
1935 Sligo 5–08 London 0–03
1934 Louth 1–03 London 0–03
1933 Mayo 3–07 London 2–04
1932 Louth 0–06 London 0–04
1931 Galway 3–03 London 1–05
1930 Kerry 2–02 Dublin 1–04
1929 Westmeath 0–09 London 1–02
1928 Kerry 2–08 Louth 2–03
1927 Cavan 0–07 Kildare 0–03
1926 Armagh 4–11 Dublin 0–04
1925 Louth 2–06 Mayo 2–05
1924 Kerry 1–06 Longford 0–04
1923 Tipperary 2–06 Carlow 1–01
1922 No Championship
1921 No Championship
1920 No Championship
1919 No Championship
1918 No Championship
1917 No Championship
1916 Dublin 1–02, 6–04 (R) Limerick 1–02, 0–03 (R)
1915 Kerry 0–06 Westmeath 1–02
1914 Dublin 5–04 Mayo 1–06
1913 Kerry 0–07 Carlow 1–02
1912 Tipperary 1–04 Louth 1–03

By province
# Province Wins Runners-Up Total Biggest Contributor (Wins) Most Recent Win (Year)
1 Munster 42 9 51 Kerry (42) Kerry (2019)
2 Leinster 22 22 44 Dublin (22) Kilkenny (2022)
3 Connacht 13 16 29 Mayo (13) Sligo (2010)
4 Ulster 7 1 8 Cavan (2) Cavan (2014)
5 Britain 6 41 47 London (6) London (1986)
6 America 0 1 1 -

See also

References
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  3. HILL 16
  4. RTE report Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
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